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Lakeside - Slow Anthology (LP)
Lakeside - Slow Anthology (LP)円盤
¥4,400

An album by a little-known guitar duo released in 1999. Their songs—composed solely of guitars and making heavy use of harmonics—are beautiful pieces that evoke an ambient-like tranquility; during their live performances at the time, they even collaborated with 8mm film projections. However, while the album received high praise from a select few, the overall response was very limited. At the time, the indie scene had not yet re-evaluated ambient sounds, and there were virtually no other groups performing such simple instrumental music live. I believe this made the music extremely difficult to categorize and left it in a precarious position. However, once Japanese ambient music began to be re-evaluated globally in the 2010s, this album was rediscovered, and the remaining stock of CDs sold out instantly. Amid calls for a reissue, we’d like to unleash this music anew with this first-ever vinyl release. KENKEN—now known as URBAN VOLCANO SOUNDS—also makes a guest appearance. Whether you want to take your time exploring this little-known hidden gem or use it as everyday background music, this acoustic guitar instrumental album creates beautiful moments that seep into the very air around you.

Holy Hive - Float Back To You (LP)
Holy Hive - Float Back To You (LP)Big Crown Records
¥3,287

Homer Steinweiss, the Brooklyn based soul/funk drummer, always had a soft spot for folk music. Paul Spring, a young idealist folk singer traveling the country with his guitar, always had a beautiful falsetto in his back pocket. A family introduction would lead to Homer producing a few solo records of Paul’s, which would eventually lead to the creation of Holy Hive. The two enlisted Joe Harrison on bass and started out recording their first tunes as a group. A tour with soul legend Lee Fields would turn out to have an unexpected effect on their sound as they played their material to crowds of soul fanatics looking to dance. It was this realization that forced the next step in their evolution and gave birth to a sound unique to Holy Hive, a sound that walks a line so perfectly it necessitated a new genre, Folk Soul. Homer has been drumming professionally since 2000 and has provided the back beat to records by Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars, The Jonas Brothers, and Lady Gaga to name a few. He has toured the world over with soul acts like Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings and The Arcs. With all of that under his belt, Holy Hive is the first band that is truly his own and you can hear that it is close to his heart. Paul is from a small town in Minnesota where he spent his formative years studying Ancient Greek mythology and practicing classical guitar. He toured the states for years with only the company of his guitar, playing solo shows to make ends meet and occasional library gigs promoting his self released children’s record, Home Of Song. Listening to their debut album, their different experiences and influences have all shown up. From the heavy downbeat of the lead single “Broom” to their intimate cover of Honeybus’ “Be Thou By My Side,” Float Back To You showcases their songwriting prowess as well as their impeccable musicianship. Spring’s fondness for ancient mythology shows up in a few places on the album as well adding another level to their work. They adapt the Greek poet Sappho’s “Fragment 31” to music on “Embers To Ash” and completely rework the Irish folk tune “Red Is The Rose” into a modern day two stepper. Another standout track is the already classic “Oh I Miss Her So,” which first showed up on their 2018 Harping EP and features accomplished harpist Mary Lattimore and trumpet by Dave Guy of The Roots. The symbiotic relationship of Homer and Paul has been likened to that of an oxpecker and a black rhino. Paul’s delicate falsetto and fluttering guitar rests atop Homer’s brawny drums in perfect harmony. There are many levels to Holy Hive, some of them show up on the surface, but some of them are like the album’s title track; you listen to a gorgeous love song only to find out later it is about coming home to your cat. This is perhaps the most telling of Holy Hive, they are easy to like on first listen but spending time with their music will reveal a much deeper experience.

DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (CD)DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (CD)
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues (CD)Comatonse Recordings
¥2,398

Dj Sprinkles’ debut full length album,continues with themes from 1998’s “Sloppy 42nds: A tribute to the 42nd Street transsexual clubs destroyed by Walt Disney’s buyout of Times Square” (a track recently featured on Ame’s “Coast2Coast” DJ mix compilation for NRK Records).

While the world celebrates the revial of New York House Music, constructing utopian fictions about the genre as it goes along, DJ Sprinkles retreats deep into the bowels of house. This is the rhythm of empty midtown dancefloors resonating with the difficulties of transgendered sex work, black market hormones, drug & alcohol addiction, racism, gender & sexual crises, unemployment, and censorship.

The title song of track1&2 is a real “strictly rhythm” house music. It’s a simple 4/4 beat with piano loop.maybe this is a real minimal house! Third track “Ball’r (madonna-free zone)” is a euphoric mid tempo house.this track reminds jan jelinek or larry heard.

Fourth track “Brenda’s $20 Dilemma” is a sequel of his fag jazz style.check the beautiful kuniyuki remix of this song(mule musiq 34). Fifth track “House Music Is Controllable Desire You Can Own” is a classic new york house style.if you like the record of jus-ed or that kind of artist,you like this song.

Sixth track “Sisters, I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To” is a one of the highlight song on the album. Actually this track is not 4/4 beat house but very emotional powerfull music. Seventh track “Reverse Rotation” is a deep and madness beautiful song.When you listen this song,you associate the music of theo parrish or pepe bradock.

Eighth&nineth track are main songs of this album. “Grand Central, Pt. I (Deep Into the Bowel of House)” is associated the sound of jungle wonz or virgo. but this song is filled with somthing sadness.check the story about this album from terre,you will see…. http://www.comatonse.com/releases/midtown120blues.html This album is for a real house music lovers.

視聴-Midtown 120 Intro・ミッドタウン120イントロ
視聴-Midtown 120 Blues・ミッドタウン120ブルース
視聴-Reverse Rotation・後戻り
視聴-Grand Central, Pt. II (72 hrs. by Rail from Missouri)・グランドセントラル駅 パート2(列車でミズーリ州から72時間)

Will Long - Acid Trax (2CD)
Will Long - Acid Trax (2CD)Comatonse Recordings
¥2,948
Will Long returns to Comatonse Recordings with Acid Trax, a double album of minimal trax conjuring the best of the early days of Chicago acid house. While there has been a resurgence in acid house from the UK and Europe over the past few years, it is almost always of the hyped up and overproduced techno-rave style. Long responds by turning the tempo down to classic house vibes, and bringing things back to basics with a simple setup of rhythm composer percussion and 303 bassline. Drawing upon his decades of minimalist ambient production as Celer, and his sparse take on house music that debuted here on Comatonse in 2016 with Long Trax (look out for Long Trax 4 coming soon on Will's own label), the result is over two hours of queerly evolving trax that remind us of what the acid genre really had to offer. DJ Sprinkles also drops in as a guest collaborator with percussion edits on "Acid Trax S," and takes things further into deepness with remixes of "Acid Trax N" and "Acid Trax B."

視聴-Acid Trax N (All Alkalis are Bases but All Bases are not Alkalis) remix by DJ Sprinkles
視聴-Acid Trax B (Acid Dog) remix by DJ Sprinkles
視聴-Acid Trax A
視聴-Acid Trax H
視聴-Acid Trax S (w/DJ Sprinkles) 

Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion (K-S.H.E) - Spirits, Lose Your Hold (CD)Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion (K-S.H.E) - Spirits, Lose Your Hold (CD)
Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion (K-S.H.E) - Spirits, Lose Your Hold (CD)Comatonse Recordings
¥2,398
A CD compiling all of K-S.H.E's 12-inch and one-off releases to date beyond the 2006 debut album Routes not Roots (one of the few albums to ever receive a full 5-star rating from Resident Advisor, and precursor to DJ Sprinkles' Midtown 120 Blues). This is the first time for many of these tracks to be available in digital format. Includes K-S.H.E's previously unreleased original version of "Reverse Rotation," which was later dramatically re-tempo'ed and re-worked for release on DJ Sprinkles' album. Self-released on Comatonse Recordings with custom packaging hand assembled by Terre herself, the package includes one CD in an archival vinyl pouch with one double-sided insert card (100mm x 100mm), phonograph style anti-static inner sleeve, and 4x4 panel poster insert printed on newsprint (472mm x 472mm).
視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 1)

視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 2)

視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 3)

視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 4)

視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 5)

視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 6)

視聴-k-s.h.e spirits, lose your hold(Excerpt 7)
Dedekind Cut - Dede-K-Tion (LP)Dedekind Cut - Dede-K-Tion (LP)
Dedekind Cut - Dede-K-Tion (LP)Ojas Music
¥6,167

坂本龍一とのコラボレーション3曲収録。Lee BannonとしてもNinja Tuneなどで活躍する北カルフォルニアのプロデューサー、Fred Welton Warmsley IIIによる真打ちである、インダストリアル・ミュージックをノイズやポスト・アンビエント、モダン・クラシカルといった現代的かつ先鋭的なアプローチで革新する一大プロジェクト、Dedekind Cutの8年振りとなる待望の新作!
Dedekind Cutによる〈DED〉トリロジーの最終章『Dede-K-Tion』。長い時間をかけて構想・制作されてきたシリーズの集大成となる作品で、これまでの〈DED〉シリーズで展開されてきた音響的探究をさらに拡張し、微細でスピチリュアルな電子音響とミニマリズムが交錯する世界を形成。坂本龍一特有の洗練された静謐さも相まって、Dedekind Cutの新たな領域へ到達した重要作。

Sufjan Stevens - Worst Christmas Ever! (Rudolph Red Vinyl LP)Sufjan Stevens - Worst Christmas Ever! (Rudolph Red Vinyl LP)
Sufjan Stevens - Worst Christmas Ever! (Rudolph Red Vinyl LP)Asthmatic Kitty
¥3,597

Asthmatic Kitty Records will release 'Worst Christmas Ever!,' a single-LP collection that distills Sufjan Stevens' expansive holiday catalog—drawn from the box sets 'Songs for Christmas' and 'Silver & Gold'—into one definitive collection. The album pairs fifteen favorites, selected from more than one hundred Christmas recordings, with the newly released original song "On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better)," Sufjan's first new Christmas song in nearly fifteen years.

Sufjan Stevens - Worst Christmas Ever! (CS)Sufjan Stevens - Worst Christmas Ever! (CS)
Sufjan Stevens - Worst Christmas Ever! (CS)Asthmatic Kitty
¥2,668

Asthmatic Kitty Records will release 'Worst Christmas Ever!,' a single-LP collection that distills Sufjan Stevens' expansive holiday catalog—drawn from the box sets 'Songs for Christmas' and 'Silver & Gold'—into one definitive collection. The album pairs fifteen favorites, selected from more than one hundred Christmas recordings, with the newly released original song "On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better)," Sufjan's first new Christmas song in nearly fifteen years.

Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Unknown Happiness (Live ver.) (7")
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Unknown Happiness (Live ver.) (7")Maher Shalal Hash Baz / JET SET
¥2,860

A pairing of two live recordings of one of their signature songs, each featuring a different arrangement. An essential release offering a fresh perspective on the singular appeal of Maher Shalal Hash Baz!

Formed in 1984 and led by Tori Kudo, Japanese experimental music project Maher Shalal Hash Baz have created a uniquely distinctive musical universe, moving freely between folk, jazz, brass, classical music, and improvisation. Their signature song “Unknown Happiness” stands as a perfect embodiment of this singular approach. Its simple, heartfelt melody has continued to resonate with indie and experimental music enthusiasts around the world. Now, one of the most evocative live renditions of this beloved song finally receives a long-awaited 7-inch release! The A-side captures the spontaneous atmosphere of a live performance, along with the beautifully imperfect ensemble playing that is so characteristic of Maher Shalal Hash Baz. The B-side features a special live arrangement centered around piano, revealing another, equally captivating dimension of the song.

Eliane Radigue - Occam XIII, Occam River XI, Occam V (CD)Eliane Radigue - Occam XIII, Occam River XI, Occam V (CD)
Eliane Radigue - Occam XIII, Occam River XI, Occam V (CD)Blank Forms Editions
¥3,111

Occam Ocean is a series of acoustic compositions made for and with individual instrumentalists by the late French composer Éliane Radigue. Extending the interactive process pioneered in Naldjorlak (2005–2009), Occam Ocean employs a scoreless method of composing in dialogue with each performer. Dating back to 2011, the series has proliferated almost organically, growing out of a musical and social dynamic of combinatoriality and multiplication to a catalog of more than eighty discrete compositions. This body of work stands as one of the most extraordinary late-career outpourings in recent music history. The Occam series was catalyzed in part by a visit to the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where Radigue encountered a depiction of the electromagnetic spectrum—from radio signals to gamma rays—which impressed upon her the minuscule range of human hearing relative to the seemingly unlimited compass of universal wavelength and frequency. The Occam compositions seem to address this vertiginous confrontation with the infinite; each individual composition elaborates a radically reduced technique or sound process, frequently working outward from only a handful of fundamental tones, to expose the flickering, idiosyncratic spectral behavior of the instrument. The reference to William of Ockham indicates a principled commitment to parsimony; paradoxically, the reduction in material content makes possible an incommensurate richness in perceived acoustical detail. Notable in the Occam series is the inextricable identification of the composition with the performer for whom, and with whom, it was made. The particular sounds and techniques of each individual performer are thus indelibly stamped in the composition; the piece composes the playing of that musician, as much as the musician plays the composition. The time-honored division of labor between performer and composer is thus suspended and reconfigured, proposing a model for new music composition that has not yet been fully theorized or understood. Occam XIII, Occam River XI (presented here in two distinct readings, which reveal subtle variations in instrumental response), and Occam V feature two longtime collaborators of Radigue in solo and duo formations. Charles Curtis, the first instrumentalist for whom Radigue wrote an acoustic composition (Naldjorlak), performs on cello, while Dafne Vicente-Sandoval—whose parallel investigations into her instrument’s complex sounding properties led her to collaborate with Radigue—performs on bassoon. The works were recorded at Temple Saint-Théodule, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, during a 2024 residency at La Becque, a setting previously explored by the musicians for its distinctive acoustic properties.

Eliane Radigue - Occam XIII, Occam River XI, Occam V (2LP)Eliane Radigue - Occam XIII, Occam River XI, Occam V (2LP)
Eliane Radigue - Occam XIII, Occam River XI, Occam V (2LP)Blank Forms Editions
¥6,594

Occam Ocean is a series of acoustic compositions made for and with individual instrumentalists by the late French composer Éliane Radigue. Extending the interactive process pioneered in Naldjorlak (2005–2009), Occam Ocean employs a scoreless method of composing in dialogue with each performer. Dating back to 2011, the series has proliferated almost organically, growing out of a musical and social dynamic of combinatoriality and multiplication to a catalog of more than eighty discrete compositions. This body of work stands as one of the most extraordinary late-career outpourings in recent music history. The Occam series was catalyzed in part by a visit to the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where Radigue encountered a depiction of the electromagnetic spectrum—from radio signals to gamma rays—which impressed upon her the minuscule range of human hearing relative to the seemingly unlimited compass of universal wavelength and frequency. The Occam compositions seem to address this vertiginous confrontation with the infinite; each individual composition elaborates a radically reduced technique or sound process, frequently working outward from only a handful of fundamental tones, to expose the flickering, idiosyncratic spectral behavior of the instrument. The reference to William of Ockham indicates a principled commitment to parsimony; paradoxically, the reduction in material content makes possible an incommensurate richness in perceived acoustical detail. Notable in the Occam series is the inextricable identification of the composition with the performer for whom, and with whom, it was made. The particular sounds and techniques of each individual performer are thus indelibly stamped in the composition; the piece composes the playing of that musician, as much as the musician plays the composition. The time-honored division of labor between performer and composer is thus suspended and reconfigured, proposing a model for new music composition that has not yet been fully theorized or understood. Occam XIII, Occam River XI (presented here in two distinct readings, which reveal subtle variations in instrumental response), and Occam V feature two longtime collaborators of Radigue in solo and duo formations. Charles Curtis, the first instrumentalist for whom Radigue wrote an acoustic composition (Naldjorlak), performs on cello, while Dafne Vicente-Sandoval—whose parallel investigations into her instrument’s complex sounding properties led her to collaborate with Radigue—performs on bassoon. The works were recorded at Temple Saint-Théodule, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, during a 2024 residency at La Becque, a setting previously explored by the musicians for its distinctive acoustic properties.

The Winston Brothers - Sweets (Silver Vinyl LP)The Winston Brothers - Sweets (Silver Vinyl LP)
The Winston Brothers - Sweets (Silver Vinyl LP)Colemine Records
¥3,865

From deep in the hard funk pocket, the Winston Brothers return to Colemine after four years with a second helping of sounds rooted in horn-heavy, 70s-style soul cinema, taking cues from the soundtrack work of Issac Hayes, Willie Hutch, Roy Ayers, and JJ Johnson. Helmed by multi-instrumentalist/producer Sebastian Nagel and longtime collaborator Lucas Kochbeck on drums, Sweets serves as a timely reminder of how Hamburg, Germany’s music scene helps shape and influence today’s soul sound. Ultimately, bringing musicians like Kimo Eiserbeck (sax and flute) and Hans Stephan (trumpet), alongside some additional drum contributions by Max Whitefield (née Weissenfeldt), demonstrates the close-knit nature of these musicians. From influential bands like Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band to Angels of Libra and the Mighty Mocambos, Hamburg’s deep groove scene has sired its share of worthy soul and funk acolytes. These musicians have shared stages and studios over the years, with various configurations finding their way in the aforementioned bands. “We started as a school project… we were just kids,” Sebastian recalls. “It’s a family thing, and we really know each other well.” Sweets is more than just another addition to this scene’s collective musical canon; it is a vibrant dispatch from funk’s leading edge.

David Granström - Echoes of Impermanence (CD)David Granström - Echoes of Impermanence (CD)
David Granström - Echoes of Impermanence (CD)Xkatedral
¥2,346

Echoes of Impermanence sees David Granström’s previously established strict hermetic minimalist musical topography undergo a major shift with the introduction of the electric guitar, which instigates a breaking of the sealed crystal walls of the composer’s previous work within music of long duration and precise digital synthesis, bringing forth a riff-laden spirit previously lingering below the surface. The album was recorded at the world-renowned Elektronmusikstudion EMS as well as in the composer’s own studio with the help of Mats Erlandsson and features a guest appearance by long-time collaborator and XKatedral co-founder Maria W Horn performing on the Hurdy-Gurdy on the title track. David Granström is a composer and musician from Umeå in the northern part of Sweden. His hometown is a stronghold of extreme musical expression and consequently Granström grew up playing guitar in a metal band and started to compose music within that context which eventually evolved into solo projects, having access to studio facilities adjacent to the rehearsal space. Granström initially found his personal musical voice within the context of electroacoustic composition utilizing his advanced programming ability to manifest a sound and formal structure governed by algorithmic processes. The resulting musical work is characterized by harmonic simplicity and spatiotextural complexity, employing sounds of synthetic and acoustic origin in combination with strict digital synthesis techniques.

Gloorp - Gloorp Life (LP)
Gloorp - Gloorp Life (LP)Wharf Cat Records
¥3,576

Gloorp is the experimental electronic project of Philadelphia percussionist and producer Garrett Burke. Burke previously played drums with art-rock groups Of Montreal and Mothers, before releasing his self-titled debut as Gloorp in 2023. It was his second album, Gloorp 'Em Up, that really broke through. Nina Protocol called it a "Polyrhythmic electronic frenzy," while Pitchfork followed with a glowing review. Sessions on NTS Radio and dublab, plus shows with Ulrika Spacek, Photay, and Xen Model, kept the momentum building. That run of live dates helped shape Gloorp Life. Blending footwork, bass, and club with Burke's standout drumming, it is forward-thinking, textural electronic music with a playful rhythmic edge. The album follows the acclaimed 2025 dance tape Gloorp 'Em Up, which Pitchfork called "a daisy-chained string of mulching beats that's casual, light, and fun as hell."

Amina Hocine / Espen Sommer Eide - X3 / Phonophani - Until the Fish Eyes Shine (LP)Amina Hocine / Espen Sommer Eide - X3 / Phonophani - Until the Fish Eyes Shine (LP)
Amina Hocine / Espen Sommer Eide - X3 / Phonophani - Until the Fish Eyes Shine (LP)Portraits GRM
¥3,389

Amina Hocine and Espen Sommer Eide contribute two extended compositions created for the GRM acousmonium. Hocine’s ‘X3’ combines sine waves, field recordings and her self-built foghorn organ in a slowly evolving piece inspired by Danish mystic Martinus Thomsen. Eide’s ‘Until The Fish Eyes Shine’ draws on his work as Phonophani, bringing elements of late-1990s Tromsø ambient techno into an experimental electronic setting. Both pieces explore the relationship between sound, space and time, moving from delicate electronic details to expansive, otherworldly passages. Artwork by Stephen O’Malley.

Jules Négrier / Maria W Horn - An Iris Crackled Like Eyelids / All Solids Melt Into Aether (LP)Jules Négrier / Maria W Horn - An Iris Crackled Like Eyelids / All Solids Melt Into Aether (LP)
Jules Négrier / Maria W Horn - An Iris Crackled Like Eyelids / All Solids Melt Into Aether (LP)Portraits GRM
¥3,389

electronic music. Jules Négrier's An Iris Crackled Like Eyelids unfolds in two movements, moving from raw emotion and shifting harmonics into tangled rhythms and strange electronic sounds. Maria W Horn's All Solids Melt Into Aether pits computer-generated tones against an organ pushed to its limits, creating a compelling struggle between precision and instability. Both works find beauty in tension, with sounds constantly changing, collapsing and finding unexpected forms. Artwork comes courtesy of Stephen O'Malley.

Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch - Bocca di Lupo and Mouth of the Wolf (Cloudy Clear Vinyl 2LP)Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch - Bocca di Lupo and Mouth of the Wolf (Cloudy Clear Vinyl 2LP)
Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch - Bocca di Lupo and Mouth of the Wolf (Cloudy Clear Vinyl 2LP)Sacred Bones Records
¥5,185

Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch’s Bocca di Lupo and Mouth of the Wolf were recorded in July 2025 in Bologna, Italy. The recording sessions took place just after several live dates in New York and Chicago, and a week before they began a short European tour which included Paris, London, Ghent, Porto, and a first date in Bologna. Below are notes from Jozef and Jim directly. “With thanks to Gian Luca Farinelli and Rosanna Mordini from the extraordinary Cineteca di Bologna, we were able to secure recording days in the very cool Fonoprint Studios — located on Via Bocca di Lupo in Bologna, hence the titles of these two LPs. (“In bocca al lupo” — in the mouth of the wolf — is the Italian idiom for wishing one good luck; equivalent to “break a leg” in English.) Bocca di Lupo starts with a new version of our own “Only Lovers Left Alive,” and “Apology” is a new version of a pre-existing piece by Jozef. All other tracks are new originals. We were honored to have guest duet vocals from the iconic Courtney Barnett on “Never Like You Said.” The lyrics of the song arrived spontaneously in a single take in the studio. It’s not directed at a specific person, but more an emotional response to several disingenuous, deceitful people — a closing of the door on their toxic behavior. And a casually recorded conversation (concerning the haunted auras of particular pieces of vintage women’s clothing) between Adriana Coppi and Veronica Mayrr (from Deux Femmes) is woven as a background into the track titled “Pour Deux Femmes.” “Black Roses” is an original poem written in Bologna, and recited from within its own musical setting. All other tracks are instrumentals. Mouth of the Wolf, the second LP, consists of two longer, darkly ecstatic instrumental studio tracks — “In A” and “Massa Damnata.” Both were created with two electric guitars, and derived from our live performances. We consider it to be a musically separate album, and is therefore presented in its own sleeve and with its own artwork. Our music has many inspirations — everything from our friends in Sunn O))) and Swans to Terry Riley and Morton Feldman; from Hildegard Von Bingen and WIlliam Lawes to Psychic Ills and Spacemen 3; from Les Rallizes Dénudés and NEU! to Nadja and Glenn Branca; from Ian Svenonius and Dead Skeletons to Son House and Gwenifer Raymond…from sunset to sunrise…full moon to new moon…”

Emily A. Sprague - Cyano (Sky Blue Vinyl LP)Emily A. Sprague - Cyano (Sky Blue Vinyl LP)
Emily A. Sprague - Cyano (Sky Blue Vinyl LP)Rvng Intl.
¥3,898

In Cyano, synthesist and composer Emily A. Sprague questions self, other, ecology, and life in a distant realm. Conjured around the idea of an imagined planet whose inhabitants are rebuilding forbidden capacities for expressivity and emotional connection, Cyano is a meditation on visibility, psychic transformation, light transmission, and worlds beyond our knowing materialized through an intuitive use of modular synthesizers and voice.

Alejandro Bravo (Natural w/ Blue Swirl Vinyl LP)
Alejandro Bravo (Natural w/ Blue Swirl Vinyl LP)Numero Group
¥4,186

Private Mexican lounge that still burns long after the cruise ship disembarks. Armed with a single nylon string guitar, a toy chest of rudimentary percussion, and the emotional microtones of the Spanish tongue, Alejandro Bravo's lone LP blends bossanova, samba, and the Brill Building into a horny margarita for the tourist class. Recorded at home in Acapulco in 1971, Bravo's self-released LP slaps and thrills with its taps and trills. Pair with a pregnancy test for best results.

Rizan Said - Ma Waraa Al-Shaabi (ما وراء الشعبي) – Beyond Shaabi (2LP)Rizan Said - Ma Waraa Al-Shaabi (ما وراء الشعبي) – Beyond Shaabi (2LP)
Rizan Said - Ma Waraa Al-Shaabi (ما وراء الشعبي) – Beyond Shaabi (2LP)Kou Records
¥5,438

Rizan Said is a musical ambassador from Syria's analog era. For generations, the Jazeera — a culturally rich borderland of Kurdish, Arab, Syriac, and Armenian communities — has been alive with a distinctive sonic tradition: hand drums and reed flutes, weddings that lasted days, dabke rooted in a long musical tradition before electro and disco arrived to name it, and before orientalism arrived to explain it. Rizan was the boy wonder of that scene, a prodigy on percussion and reed instruments who became the region's master synthesist, at the forefront of the shift as electronic keyboards transformed the music. His instrument is the factory preset, bent past recognition. Across three decades — first on the cassette circuit that ran through Hassake, Deir Ez Zor, and Qamishli, then on stages from Le Guess Who to Iceland Airwaves — Said has programmed Korgs to emulate zurna, saz, tanbura, and buzuq, collapsing an entire traditional ensemble into a single pair of hands moving at lightning speed. It is the sound that carried Omar Souleyman's voice out of the Jazeera and around the world, and for nearly two decades Said was the one building it, night after night, wedding after wedding. Ma Waraa Al-Shaabi is his third solo album, following King of Keyboard (Annihaya, 2015) and Saz Û Dilan (Akuphone, 2019) and his most far-reaching, carrying cosmic, electronic dabke toward its next destination. Recorded at Sundlaugin in May 2026 and produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Panos Cosmatos) with co-production by Mark Gergis (Syrian Cassette Archives, Sublime Frequencies) and engineering and additional production by Úlfur Hansson, the record takes the heat and velocity of the cassette circuit and opens it out into something wider, stranger, and more alive than ever. Seven pieces, cut across four sides. The record is also a reunion. In 2011, Dunn and Gergis worked closely with Said and Souleyman on The Crystalline Series — the three Omar Souleyman versions of Björk's "Crystalline," "Tesla," and "Mawal," made around Biophilia and built on Said's keyboards. Fifteen years later the same circle reconvenes at Sundlaugin, this time with Said at the center of it. "This album is not a new beginning for me. It's a continuation of a long musical journey," Said says. "When Randall Dunn, Mark Gergis, Charmaine Lee and I began working on this record together, we weren't attempting to recreate what I'd done before. We simply let the music lead us. Recording in Iceland gave us a unique and immersive space to experiment, to listen closely, and allow each piece to reach its natural form."

Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Pea Green CS)Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Pea Green CS)
Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Pea Green CS)Backwoodz Studioz
¥2,542

Mike Ladd never stopped making music; over the years he's popped up on all sorts of unexpected collaborations, soundtracked a Netflix series, and worked with visual artists in settings like the Pantheon in Paris. Still, Ladd's last solo album was more than ten years ago, and his magnum opus Welcome to the Afterfuture dropped in early 2000. Nonechosen is a granite testament to the fact that the artist has evolved and grown, but maintains the same gravitas that made his name what it is. Nonechosen is a solo album, but Ladd worked with old friends: No Surrender and Tom Degeeter collaborated on respective tracks. Once Mike got the record 95% there with his own production, he passed it on to Preservation, who, with a few well-placed tweaks, elevated the project to new heights. Backwoodz Studioz is honored to be part of Ladd's comet-like return, introducing this seminal artist to a new generation of hip-hop fans.

Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Black Vinyl LP)Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Black Vinyl LP)
Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Black Vinyl LP)Backwoodz Studioz
¥5,185

Mike Ladd never stopped making music; over the years he's popped up on all sorts of unexpected collaborations, soundtracked a Netflix series, and worked with visual artists in settings like the Pantheon in Paris. Still, Ladd's last solo album was more than ten years ago, and his magnum opus Welcome to the Afterfuture dropped in early 2000. Nonechosen is a granite testament to the fact that the artist has evolved and grown, but maintains the same gravitas that made his name what it is. Nonechosen is a solo album, but Ladd worked with old friends: No Surrender and Tom Degeeter collaborated on respective tracks. Once Mike got the record 95% there with his own production, he passed it on to Preservation, who, with a few well-placed tweaks, elevated the project to new heights. Backwoodz Studioz is honored to be part of Ladd's comet-like return, introducing this seminal artist to a new generation of hip-hop fans.

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Phyllis Dillon - Rocksteady (LP)TREASURE ISLE
¥4,396

ロックステディの女王の異名をとるPhyllis Dillonが、名門〈Treasure Isle〉に残した音源を一堂に会したベスト・アルバム『Rocksteady』。

Ossie All Stars -  Leggo Dub (LP)
Ossie All Stars - Leggo Dub (LP)VP RECORDS
¥4,637

Rare dub reggae emerges from the vaults in the shape of this late-1970s set produced by one of Jamaica's lesser-known talents, Ossie Hibbert. Hibbert, who was primarily an engineer and keyboardist, favors a drum-heavy mix (courtesy of the legendary Sly Dunbar) laced with horns. Seen as the dub companion to Gregory’s classic ‘Mr Isaacs’ album it boasts six mind-expanding Cool Ruler dub treatments plus four further speaker-shakers to showcase the Revolutionaries in full-effect. He incorporates a few of the sonic eccentricities, like wailing babies and train whistles, popular with better-known figures like Lee Perry on a variety of vintage rhythms, notably Gregory Isaacs' "I'm All Right" and Dillinger's "Take a Dip." Casually elegant, Hibbert provides a naturalistic soundstage against which the ace session band the Revolutionaries skank their stuff, smooth and easy.

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